Recording apparatus

Abstract

A recording apparatus includes a housing body, an opening/closing member, attached to the housing body via a pivot shaft so as to be capable of rotating freely, that covers the surface of the housing body on one side thereof, and an ink tank having an injection port for filling an ink holding chamber with ink used in recording. Here, the ink tank is disposed so that one end thereof is positioned within the housing body on the opposite side of the housing body as the side in which the pivot shaft is provided, and has a stepped shape including a step portion, the step portion being provided on a side of the ink tank that is further from the pivot shaft. The injection port is provided in the step portion, and when the opening/closing member is opened and the ink is to be filled.

Description

BACKGROUND[0001]1. Technical Field[0002]The present invention relates to recording apparatuses.[0003]2. Related Art[0004]The recording apparatus disclosed in Chinese Utility Model Publication CN-U-202278834 is an example of a recording apparatus such as an ink jet printer. The recording apparatus disclosed in CN-U-202278834 includes a high-capacity main receptacle 131 within the apparatus, and ink is supplied from the main receptacle 131 to an ink cartridge 11 via a tube. An ink injection port is provided in an upper area of the main receptacle 131, and ink is supplied to the interior of the main receptacle 131 via the ink injection port.[0005]In the recording apparatus disclosed in CN-U-202278834, there is nothing covering the ink injection port, and the ink injection port is provided so as to protrude outward to the exterior. Meanwhile, dust often accumulates on a top surface of the main receptacle 131 if the recording apparatus is left standing for long periods of time. In such a...

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Benefits of technology

[0027]According to this configuration, when the opening / closing member is opened, the open position of the opening / closing member is held by the support member. Furthermore, the opening / closing member is held by the support member in an open position in which the opening / closing member does not interfere with the bottle. Accordingly, the ease of operations when linking the bottle to the injection port and filling the ink tank with ink can be improved even more.

Problems solved by technology

Meanwhile, dust often accumulates on a top surface of the main receptacle 131 if the recording apparatus is left standing for long periods of time.

This leads to a problem in that dust, foreign objects, and the like will enter into the main receptacle 131 from the ink injection port.

In this case, supplying ink to the ink cartridge has a risk in that a variety of malfunctions, such as clogging in a recording head, can occur.

Although employing a configuration in which the ink injection port is covered by an opening / closing member such as an upper cover member, a scanner unit, or the like located in an upper area of the apparatus can be considered, such a configuration has a problem in that it then becomes difficult to fill the ink through the ink injection port.

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